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My first real bath : gee! ain't it great!
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Tennessee--Dayton |
| Description | Cartoon shows the head of William Jennings Bryan as the sun, shining down on a country bumpkin (labeled "Dayton") taking a bath in a pond labeled "Publicity." The bumpkin smiles happily, noting it is his first bath. In 1925, after Tennessee passed the first law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the schools, prominent citizens in the small defunct mining town of Dayton, Tenn., saw an opportunity to bring publicity and tourism to the town. They decided, with young high school teacher John Scopes' agreement, to prosecute him for teaching evolution. The resulting trial exceeded their wildest dreams, attracting three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan and famous lawyer Clarence Darrow as opposing lawyers and resulting in a media circus, overrun by reporters, religious fundamentalists and curious tourists. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bathing--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bryan, William Jennings,--1860-1925. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Evolution--1920-1930. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Scopes, John Thomas--Trials, litigation, etc. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Judicial proceedings--Tennessee--Dayton--1920-1930. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
